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The results are in. Scientists have revealed the most addictive foods.

In a study by the University of Michigan, published in the US National Library of Medicine, factors of what makes a food addictive were examined and, while the results seem obvious, it is the first study to ‘implicate’ foods most likely to form a ‘food addiction’.

And while there are a lot of processed foods at the top (the full list is below), it is pizza that comes out top of the most addictive foods.

‘Nine out of the ten foods at the top of the list were highly processed and high in both fat and refined carbohydrates,’ the study explains.

‘Soda (not diet) was the exception, which is highly processed and high in refined carbohydrates, but not fat.’

There is also a link, they say, between the types of addiction experienced by narcotic users:

And this is all the human’s fault for trying to change the natural order of things:

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‘Addictive substances are rarely in their natural state, but have been altered or processed in a manner that increases their abuse potential.

‘For example, grapes are processed into wine and poppies are refined into opium. A similar process may be occurring within our food supply. There are naturally occurring foods that contain sugar (e.g., fruits) or foods that naturally contain fat (e.g., nuts).

‘Notably, sugar (or refined carbohydrates) and fat rarely occur in the same food naturally, but many palatable foods have been processed to have artificially elevated quantities of both (e.g. cake, pizza, chocolate).’